ORCHID FAMILY 179 
OBSERVATIONS FOR NOTEBOOK 
Pink Lapy’s-SLIPPER : 
(4) 1. 
2. 
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6. 
In what situations have you found these 
plants growing? 
When do they blossom? 
Have you ever seen any insects visiting the 
blossoms? 
Why would it be a disadvantage to the plant 
for bees to enter the flower at one of the 
two holes near the top instead of the larger 
opening in the middle of the expanded 
labellum? 
Have you found any of last year’s fruit pods 
among this year’s blossoms? 
Why should this be called the Moccasin flower? 
(B) Write an account of the structure of the Pink 
Lady’s-slipper, showing how -it is adapted to 
cross-pollination by insects. 
(C) Make a careful drawing of the plant as a whole 
and also of the seed pods, if the latter are 
available. 
(D) Read the account of the pollination of the Lady’s- 
slippers on pages 157 to 166 of Blossom Hosts 
and Insect Guests and on pages 82 to 89 of 
Ten New England Blossoms and their Insect 
Visitors. 
(E) Copy these lines into your booklet: 
Graceful and tall the slender drooping stem, 
With two broad leaves below, 
Shapely the flower so lightly poised between, 
And warm her rosy glow. 
Elaine Goodale. 
